Osteoarthritis and cartilage
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Osteoarthr. Cartil. · May 2010
Meta AnalysisDoes land-based exercise reduce pain and disability associated with hip osteoarthritis? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
To determine if clinical guidelines recommending therapeutic exercise for people with hip osteoarthritis (OA) are supported by rigorous scientific evidence. ⋯ Currently there is only silver level evidence (one small RCT) supporting the benefit of land-based therapeutic exercise for people with symptomatic hip OA in terms of reduced pain and improved physical function. The limited number and small sample size of the included RCTs restricts the confidence that can be attributed to these results.